Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 5.188
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5.188.1
कथं शिखण्डी गाङ्गेय कन्यां भूत्वा पुरा तदा ।
पुरुषोऽभूद्युधिश्रेष्ठ तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ ५.१८८.१ ॥
Gāṅgeya, how did Śikhaṇḍin, formerly a maiden, become a man? Tell me this, best of warriors, grandsire.
5.188.2
भार्या तु तस्य राजेन्द्र द्रुपदस्य महीपतेः ।
महिषी दयिता ह्यासीदपुत्रा च विशांपते ॥ ५.१८८.२ ॥
The wife of that lord of the earth Drupada, his beloved chief queen, was childless, O lord of kings.
5.188.3
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु द्रुपदो वै महीपतिः ।
अपत्यार्थे महाराज तोषयामास शङ्करम् ॥ ५.१८८.३ ॥
At that very time, great king, Drupada, lord of the earth, pleased Śaṅkara for the sake of offspring.
5.188.4
अस्माद्वधार्थं निश्चित्य तपो घोरं समास्थितः ।
ऋते कन्यां महादेव पुत्रो मेस्यादिति ब्रुवन् ॥ ५.१८८.४ ॥
Resolved on his slaying, he undertook a terrible austerity, saying, 'Great god, let me have a son, not a daughter.'
5.188.5
भगवन्पुत्रमिच्छामि भीष्मं प्रतिचिकीर्षया ।
इत्युक्तो देवदेवेन स्त्रीपुमांस्ते भविष्यति ॥ ५.१८८.५ ॥
'Blessed lord, I desire a son, with the wish to repay Bhīṣma.' Thus addressed, the god of gods said: 'Your child shall be woman-man.'
5.188.6
निवर्तस्व महीपाल नैतञ्जात्वन्यथा भवेत् ।
स तु गत्वा च नगरं भार्यामिदमुवाच ह ॥ ५.१८८.६ ॥
'Turn back, protector of the earth; this can never be otherwise.' Having gone to the city, he then spoke this to his wife.
5.188.7
कृतो यत्नो महादेवस्तपसाऽऽराधितो मया ।
कन्या भूत्वा पुमान्भावी इति चोक्तोस्मि शंभुना ॥ ५.१८८.७ ॥
I made the effort and propitiated the great god Shiva with austerities; and Śambhu told me that though a maiden, I would become a man.
5.188.8
पुनः पुनर्याच्यमानो दिष्टमित्यब्रवीच्छिवः ।
नतदन्यच्च भविता भवितव्यं हि तत्तथा ॥ ५.१८८.८ ॥
Though implored again and again, Śiva said, 'This is fate; nothing else will come of it. What must be, will be so.'
5.188.9
ततः सा नियता भूत्वा ऋतुकाले मनस्विनी ।
पत्नी द्रुपदराजस्य द्रुपदं प्रविवेश ह ॥ ५.१८८.९ ॥
Then she, self-controlled and high-minded, in her fertile season, entered Drupada as the wife of King Drupada.
5.188.10
लेभे गर्भं यथाकालं विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ।
पार्षतस्य महीपाल यथा मां नारदोऽब्रवीत् ॥ ५.१८८.१० ॥
O protector of the earth, by the deed ordained by fate she conceived in due time, for the son of Pṛṣata, as Nārada told me.
5.188.11
ततो दधार सा देवी गर्भं राजीवलोचना ।
तां स राजा प्रियां भार्यां द्रुपदः कुरुनन्दन ॥ ५.१८८.११ ॥
Then that lotus-eyed queen bore the child in her womb; and King Drupada, O delight of the Kurus, [regarded] his beloved wife.
5.188.12
पुत्रस्नेहान्महाबाहुः मुखं पर्यचरत्तदा ।
सर्वानभिप्रायकृतान्भार्याऽलभत कौरव ॥ ५.१८८.१२ ॥
Out of love for a son, the mighty-armed one then attended to her face; O Kaurava, the wife obtained all that she desired.
5.188.13
अपुत्रस्य सतो राज्ञो द्रुपदस्य महीपतेः ।
यथाकालं तु सा देवी महिषी द्रुपदस्य ह ॥ ५.१८८.१३ ॥
For King Drupada, lord of the earth, who was without a son, in due time his chief queen Devī...
5.188.14
कन्यां प्रवररूपां तु प्राजायत नराधिप ।
अपुत्रस्य तु राज्ञः सा द्रुपदस्य मनस्विनी ॥ ५.१८८.१४ ॥
O lord of men, a daughter of excellent beauty was born; she, the high-minded one, of King Drupada who was without a son...
5.188.15
ख्यापयामास राजेन्द्र पुत्रो ह्येष ममेति वै ।
ततः स राजा द्रुपद प्रच्छन्नाया नराधिप ॥ ५.१८८.१५ ॥
O king of kings, she declared, 'This is indeed my son.' Then, O lord of men, King Drupada, concerning the one kept hidden...
5.188.16
पुत्रवत्पुत्रकार्याणि सर्वाणि समकारयत् ।
रक्षणं चैव मन्त्रस्य महिषी द्रुपदस्य सा ॥ ५.१८८.१६ ॥
As if a son, he had all a son's duties performed; and the keeping of the secret was the task of Drupada's chief queen...
5.188.17
चकार सर्वयत्नेन ब्रुवणा पुत्र इत्युत ।
न च तां वेदक नगरे कश्चिदन्यत्र पार्षतात् ॥ ५.१८८.१७ ॥
With all effort she acted, saying, 'This is a son'; and in the city no one knew her except Pārṣata.
5.188.18
श्रद्दधानो हि तद्वाक्यं देवस्याच्युततेजसः ।
छादयामास तां कन्यां पुमानिति च सोब्रवीत् ॥ ५.१८८.१८ ॥
Trusting that word of the god of unfailing radiance, he concealed that maiden, and he said, 'This one is male.'
5.188.19
जातकर्माणि सर्वाणि कारयामास पार्थिवः ।
पुंवद्विधानयुक्तानि शिखण्डीति च तां विदुः ॥ ५.१८८.१९ ॥
The king had all the birth rites performed for her as for a male child, according to the rule; and people knew her as Śikhaṇḍin.
5.188.20
अहमेकस्तु चारेण वचनान्नारदस्य च ।
ज्ञातवान्देववाक्येन अम्बायास्तपसा तथा ॥ ५.१८८.२० ॥
I alone came to know this through spies, by the word of Nārada, by the word of the god, and by the austerity of Ambā.